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Found 2 from your keywords: subject="Daredevils"
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The man who walked between the towers
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Mordicai Gerstein

The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis' The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event wit…

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9780312368784
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36 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Mirette on the high wire
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Emily Arnold McCully

Mirette was always fascinated by the strange and interesting people who stayed in her mother's boardinghouse. But no one excited her as much as Bellini, who walks the clothesline with the grace and ease of a bird. When Mirette discovers that fear has kept him from performing for years, she knows she must repay him for the kindness he has shown her -- and show him that sometimes a student can be…

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0698114434
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32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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MC